Example sentences of "the belief that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Engels , however , does not completely follow Bachofen in the belief that at this stage women were actually superior to men . |
| 2 | One element in Crosland 's policy was clearly the belief that at least to some extent the future of the vocational or professional ‘ infrastructure ’ lay with a sector with an explicit commitment to promoting it . |
| 3 | Some solicitors adopted a ‘ welfare ’ approach , acting against their client 's instructions in the belief that for them to be released would not be in their interests ; and |
| 4 | The research in this initiative derives from the belief that for one reason or another , Britain 's economic decline stems at least in part from insufficient investment in innovation . |
| 5 | Underlying the work is the belief that beyond all else the competitive achievement of a particular company is a product of the energies and competency of a relatively small group of very senior executives . |
| 6 | For example , it was apparent that the belief that with the establishment of a comprehensive system of National Insurance fewer and fewer people would need the ‘ safety net ’ of National Assistance was being proved false , with over a million allowances being paid out weekly in 1949 . |
| 7 | The two factors combined to foster the belief that to be a patriot a Cuban had by definition to be anti-United States . |
| 8 | It is paradoxical that this kind of censorship is really based on the belief that to be black or disadvantaged is something to be ashamed of , so that any references to such conditions have to be suppressed . |
| 9 | They also beat West Ham in the Zenith Data Systems Cup and never gave up the belief that despite being under pressure they could record a third victory last night . |
| 10 | In part it rested on the belief that in order to restore peace and security in the Gulf , as Resolution 678 authorises member states to do , it is necessary to destroy Iraq 's capacity to wage war . |
| 11 | As has been shown above , blood was perceived to be the life-giving force of the universe — an obvious conclusion on empirical grounds , but one which was elevated from the pragmatic to the sacred in Hebrew thought by the belief that in humans it was also the seat of the soul , hence the choice of terminology noted at the outset of this essay for murder and death in the Old Testament . |
| 12 | At the beginning of this century he joined the rather weird religious sect known as the Khlist , which cleaved to the belief that in order to receive absolution it was necessary to sin first . |
| 13 | The principle of identity in Hinduism , Tillich maintains , finds expression in the prohibition of the killing of animals , which he relates also to the belief that in order to fulfil his karma a man may find himself reincarnated in animal form . |
| 14 | In short , the rationalist attitude … is very similar to the scientific attitude , to the belief that in the search for truth we need co-operation , and that , with the help of argument , we can in time attain something like objectivity . |
| 15 | The idea stems from the belief that in gnathostomes the mandibular arch is a serial homologue of the hyoid arch and the more posterior gill arches . |
| 16 | Alongside this , there has developed an increasing concern with social reform and the reordering of society , accompanied by the belief that in order to make such reforms effective and soundly based , knowledge about society and its members is needed . |
| 17 | That is a tenable argument as is the belief that in any case little that is practical can be done without help from outside agencies . |
| 18 | Chemists had abandoned the belief that in organisms the balance of affinities was different from that in the inorganic sphere ; they denied any vital force . |
| 19 | I do this in the belief that by admitting them publicly we will discover that others share them . |
| 20 | The idea behind the comprehensive was the belief that within a school there should be an absence of privilege , there should be social cohesion and social justice . |